BirdsWildlifeWalks
Free entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
54.94296, -2.62546
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
Bird watching
Good match
Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Wildlife
Good match
Upland flushes, fens and swamps priority habitat
Free
Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
🚶
Walking
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
🚴Cycling
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
🚴
Cycling
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route630 m
Named routeRef 72Length 630 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route428 m
Named routeRef 72Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.8 km
Named routeRef 72Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km
Named routeRef 72Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Wildlife to spot
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
⛪St Thomas À Becket's ChurchReligious grounds3.4 km→✦Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation systemHistoric site4 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52Historic site4.3 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51Historic site4.6 km→✦19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot FarmHistoric site2.7 km→⛪St Cuthbert's ChurchReligious grounds3.5 km→
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